Southampton's Victor Wanyama wants to put the whole Tottenham situation behind him

Wanyama wanted to link up with former St Mary's boss Mauricio Pochettino at White Hart Lane back in August.

Manager Ronald Koeman, however, responded by telling the Kenyan that he wasn’t for sale and wouldn’t be moving anywhere.

The former Celtic man missed the 3-0 win over Norwich in August at St Mary’s after the whole affair rendered him unready for duty.

Since then, though, Wanyama has been a reformed character and has been a leading light as the Hampshire club hit form in the Premier League.

On top of that, Saints, as was reported last month, are hoping to negotiate a new five-year deal for the defensive midfielder.

Now, the 24-year-old has spoken for the first time to the Daily Echo about the Spurs link.

“I just don’t want to remember that situation,” he said after Koeman’s side had won 3-1 at Chelsea.

“I’m happy to go in the pitch and forget what happened, so I’m really looking forward to putting good performances for Southampton.”

After a cooling off period, Koeman declared that Wanyama had returned to training with “real focus” and he was a different person to the one during the transfer window.

Certainly, Big Vic was adamant that he is now focused solely on Saints.

“Yes, sure, now I’ve forgotten what happened,” he said. “I’m now progressing on my club and it’s been good, so I’m looking forward to putting in good performances.”

Wanyama was certainly a happy man after Koeman’s side had beaten the Premier League champions at Stamford Bridge, labelling it one of the best wins in his Saints career to date.

“This is special,” he said. “Last season we came here, it was a really tough game.

“We drew, and coming this season as well we expected a very very tough game, and we came out here today and showed what we can do.”

He added: “I think this is one of the best away wins.

“They’re a really really difficult team to beat, especially at Stamford Bridge, so very glad to have the maximum points.”